Cook leaves with shoulder injury against Giants

DENVER — I am not at the ballpark tonight. Watching from home, but have eyes at ears at Coors Field. When Aaron Cook left after just 47 pitches with a shoulder injury. His velocity had declined dramatically from 91 to 85 miles per hour so it was clear this wasn’t related to his old big toe injury. Cook has dealt with nagging injuries at the end of the last two seasons. He sat out two months in 2007 with an oblique injury and was bothered by a back problem at the end of last year.

A sore shoulder is not good news. It’s hard to imagine Cook avoiding a stint on the DL. With all due respect to his replacements, that’s a big loss.

Cook hasn’t been right since his Aug. 6 start against the Phillies. That’s when his jammed toe became an issue. Since that game, despite extra rest between his next game, Cook has worked 5 1/3 innings and given up 11 runs. The way Cook is right now, he’s not helping the team. He’d be better off resting. Potential replacements include Josh Fogg, Adam Eaton and rookie Jhoulys Chacin.